Resources

Coalitions: A Guide for Political Parties

In partnership with the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, NDI has developed a guide to best practices in coalition-building. The publication outlines tips and practical advice for political party officials as they negotiate and work in different types of coalitions.

Monitoring and Mitigating Electoral Violence Through Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observation

Nonpartisan citizen election observation organizations around the world have made great strides in monitoring and mitigating electoral related violence, though in many countries groups have only recently begun such efforts. It is important to develop and systematize methodologies in this field.

NDI Handbook: How Domestic Organizations Monitor Elections: an A to Z Guide

This handbook serves as a basic toolkit for domestic civic organizations conducting election monitoring programs. Drawing on the experiences of NDI partner organizations around the world, it lays out the key elements involved in observation of the entire election process.

Media Monitoring to Promote Democratic Elections: An NDI Handbook for Citizen Organizations

This handbook takes a step-by-step approach to media monitoring. It covers:

• The importance of determining who controls the media and the difference between state-controlled versus private and broadcast versus print media;

• Issues to address in deciding what media and what subjects to monitor;

• Planning and organization of a media monitoring project;

The Quick Count and Election Observation: An NDI Guide for Civic Organizations and Political Parties

This handbook to conducting a Quick Count (also known as Parallel Vote Tabulation, or PVT) addresses the importance of developing systematic observation of vital election day processes, including the quality of voting, ballot counting and tabulation of election results, as well as the projection of electoral results with extremely narrow margins of error and high degrees of statistical confidence. It covers:

• Planning and organizational issues;